bonnet
pronunciation
How to pronounce bonnet in British English:
UK [ˈbɒnɪt]
How to pronounce bonnet in American English:
US [ˈbɑːnɪt]
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- Noun:
- a hat tied under the chin
- protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine
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- Verb:
- dress in a bonnet
Word Origin
- bonnet (n.)
- late 14c., Scottish bonat "brimless hat for men," from Old French bonet, short for chapel de bonet, from bonet (12c., Modern French bonnet) "kind of cloth used as a headdress," from Medieval Latin bonitum "material for hats," perhaps a shortening of Late Latin abonnis "a kind of cap" (7c.), which is perhaps from a Germanic source.
Example
- 1. The husband opened the bonnet of the car and began examining the engine with his torchlight .
- 2. The poke of her black bonnet hide her face from him .
- 3. You don 't go through the back door with a poem and a bonnet .
- 4. Consumer reports slammed it : the bonnet ( hood to americans ) came loose , the rear window-washer quit , the ignition switch broke and the brakes squealed , the review complained .
- 5. The four passengers in the jeep must feel a whisker away from death as a lion jumps up on to their bonnet for lunch .